PORT Adelaide must lift its physicality if it is to match the AFL's 'bullies' at Adelaide Oval on Saturday night, midfielder Hamish Hartlett says.

The Power host Hawthorn on Saturday after notching their first win of the season at the weekend against North Melbourne, scraping home by eight points at Etihad Stadium.

In stark contrast, Hawthorn - chasing its third successive premiership - has begun its campaign in ominous fashion, thrashing Geelong and the Western Bulldogs and narrowly losing to Essendon.

Hartlett said the Hawks had continued their physical domination of the Sydney Swans in last year's Grand Final into season 2015.

"So far this year they've been incredibly physical around the contest, they've almost bullied teams into beating them," Hartlett said.

"Just the way they went about their physicality around the contest and to their opponent on that particular day (Grand Final) has flown onto their form early in this season also.

"And on the back of that, they've got the skill they've always had for the last five or six years.

"We need to go to another level, we need to play our best footy to get away with a win."

The loss of Ollie Wines to a wrist injury comes at the worst possible time.

Although young – Wines has only just played 50 games – the 20-year-old sets the tone at Alberton for physicality and has quickly evolved into one of the game's best inside midfielders.

He was subbed out of last Saturday night's win with a dislocated wrist, with the club expecting him to be sidelined for up to six weeks.

Hartlett didn't downplay the loss but insisted there was considerable talent ready and waiting, in particular Aaron Young, who kicked a crucial goal late in the win over the Kangaroos.

"Losing Ollie isn't ideal, he almost leads the way in terms of his aggression and his physicality around the contest, so it gives a great opportunity for a couple of the other guys to stand up," he said.

"I thought we saw some great things from Aaron Young, we know he brings that inside game to us which is really important, (and) Andrew Moore's been playing some great footy in the SANFL – he's another bigger body that we can throw in there.

"Brendon Ah Chee got his opportunity on the weekend as the sub but again, he's a bigger guy, we're talking sort of 187, 188cm and pretty solidly built."

While the timing of Wines' injury was awful, the reverse would be true for a return of ruckman Matthew Lobbe from a quad injury.

As well as his ruckwork, the Power have desperately missed his tackling pressure at stoppage after he averaged almost seven tackles a game last year.

Hartlett was hopeful Lobbe would be fit to play this weekend.